, 1887-01-12

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handling ont of New York, which is decid-
edly Objectionable. When the ~Con1pany'S
new steamers are running, tile voyage be-
tween Vancouver and Yokohama will be
made in II or Is days, which will be u
great saving of time over the present vOy-
ages between San Francisco and Japan.
Another advantage the new route will have,
will be the facility and cheapness with
which their steamers can coal, either at
Departure Bay, 60 miles distant, or at
their W docks with coal brought down
from the interior. The second Cargo
ofthe Flora 2. Statford-cOmprised q 900
packages of Japan teas, curiOS, rice, and
Sund rieS. 1t required six trains OF 20 33ft.
cars, each of 100000. capacity, to cOu-
veY this cargo across the Continent. Mr..
Frazer was i'll Port Moody for three days
arranging matters OF detail, and great i'm
provements in the discharge, handling,
and forwarding were made on the second
cargo. The business is new 10 the c0mpa-
NY, but every disposition to gain by expe-
rlence is shown throughout the whole staff
OF officials. Out Of q, 5000 packages which
had been unloaded when Mr.. Frazar left
Port Moody on Saturday, not one had
been damaged, which is a most extra0rdi-
nary O%utturn, Captain Smith, of the Stat
ford, expressed himself so we'll pleased
with his treatment in Yokohama and Port
Moody that he; would be only too glad to
return for another cargo. The next tea
vessel will be the barque ZOrova, with
5000 packages. She was out 86 days
from Yokohama on the 9Th inst. and will
have arrived by this time. The fourth
will be the British barque Carrie Delap,
with about $4,000 packages, which sailed
ON the 18th of August and will arrive some
fIpOa fhic month, UI,o q Ffb - tho NarVoou
barque Bylgia, with 5000 packages, which
will sail on the 10Th September. A Sixth
ship was just being arranged for as Mr.,
Frazar left New York on the 23rd of
August. These five vessels will carry
100000 packages, valued at $2,O00,0OO,
which indicates in n slight measure the
great possibilities of the trade. A great
advantage that Mr.. Frdzar has had was
the experience Of last year, when he loaded
the ships Isabel and Artizan for Tacoma
for the Northern Pacific Railway. His
firm has been, established for % years In
China and Japan, and represents the prin~
clpal underwriters of the United States in
those countries and in Corea. He con-
SiderS the prospects for an immediate de-
v%elOpment of ASiatic trade over the Cana.
dian Pacific as exceedingly encouraging;
and until the proposed line of new British
NltdllIClSs SUDSltl'HGu ny NONcAuunChUs ~
temporarily chartered boats, are placed on
the berths between HOngkOng, Yokohama,
and Japan, the business will be successful.
ly conducted by sail to the terminus. But
there is more than the tea trade to look
to. There is an annual Importation OF
from Is, 1000 to $4,000 bales of Japan raw
silk into the Eastern States, valued at fully
100000 600. This trade, which is steadily
increasing, represents - freight charge of
over $4,000, 900, and all of it now comes
by the Pacific Mail and Occidental and
Oriental Steamship Company. A fair pOr-
ton of this trade will certainly be con-
trolled by the Canadian Pacific Railway,
on account of quick transit by the new
steamers Mr.. Frazar's firm is a large
purchaser of silk for the manufacturers of
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and for the
Montreal factory. Before leaving VancOu-
yer, Mr.. Frazar spent q day in examining
the site, docks, wharfage accommodations
and these he speaks of very favOrably.
There is plenty of water and plenty of room
in every respect for the Company's work.
A new dock scott by loot, containing
$500 piles, 1000, 000ft of lumber, and with
a covered she'd, has already been completed.
1t can be extended easily to 3,OOOft or
more whenever required, and will give am
pie accommodation. One great advan-
tage of the site of the wharf is it's complete
isolation from the land and surrounding
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